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{{Infobox historic site
| name = Statue of Edward VII
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| location = Queen's Park, [[Bangalore Cantonment]], [[India]]
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| map_caption = Statue of [[King Edward VII]] in [[Bangalore]]
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| beginning_label = Dedicated
| beginning_date = 28 November 1919
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| sculptor = Leonard Jennings
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[[File:Edward VII Front, Bangalore.JPG|thumb|240px|Edward VII Front, Bangalore]]
[[File:Edward VII Front Full, Bangalore.JPG|thumb|240px|Edward VII Front Full, Bangalore]]
[[File:Edward VII Statue, Bangalore.JPG|thumb|240px|Edward VII Statue, Bangalore]]
[[File:Edward VII Canaopy, Bangalore.JPG|thumb|240px|Edward VII Canopy, Bangalore]]
[[File:King Edward VII. Marble Statue for Bangalore, Mysore. Leonard Jennings, Sculptor (p.36, Academy of Architecture, 1914 - Sculptures) - Copy.jpg|thumb|240px|Studio photo of the Marble Statue of King Edward VII for Bangalore, Mysore. By Leonard Jennings, Sculptor(1914)<ref>{{cite journal|title=King Edward VII. Marble Statue for Bangalore, Mysore. Leonard Jennings, Sculptor|journal=Academy Architecture – Sculptures|date=May 1914|volume=45|page=36|url=https://archive.org/details/academyarchitect45londuoft|accessdate=12 January 2016|publisher=Alex Koch}}</ref>]]

The '''statue of Edward VII in Bangalore''' is located at Queen's Park, next to [[Cubbon Park]], [[Bangalore Cantonment]], at the junction of Queen's Road and Cubbon Road. The statue was unveiled on November 1919 by the then [[Viceroy]] and [[Governor-General of India]], [[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford|Frederic John Napier, Baron Chelmsford]]. The statue was raised out of funds raised by the residents of the [[Bangalore Cantonment|Bangalore Civil and Military Station]]. The Statue of [[Edward VII|King Edward VII]] is one of the few of the original statues which were installed in [[British India]], to still stand at its original location. The statue rises above a flowering [[frangipani]] tree. On the other end of Queen's Park is the [[Statue of Queen Victoria, Bangalore]].<ref name=Rodricks>{{cite news|last1=Rodricks|first1=Allan Moses|title=Making their mark in stone|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/making-their-mark-in-stone/article6552649.ece|accessdate=12 January 2016|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=31 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=Aliyeh>{{cite news|last1=Rizvi|first1=Aliyeh|title=A place to see and be seen in|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/a-place-to-see-and-be-seen-in/article4603373.ece|accessdate=12 January 2016|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=11 April 2022}}</ref> The statue was designed and sculpted by Leonard Jennings of Chelsea, London.<ref name=Monument-Australia>{{cite web|last1=Monument Australia|title=King Edward VII|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/government/imperial/display/90261-king-edward-vii|website=Monument Australia|accessdate=12 January 2022}}</ref>

==Edward VII, Emperor of India==
[[Edward VII]] reigned as the King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and [[Emperor of India]] between 1901 and 1910, following his mother [[Queen Victoria]]'s death in 1901. In 1875 he had toured British India as subcontinent as the [[Prince of Wales]], but never visited again as Emperor of India. His short reign ended with his death in 1910, and the throne was passed on to his son, [[George V]].

==Leonard Jennings==
Leonard Jennings (1877–1956), OBE, designed and sculpted the Statue of King Edward VII at Bangalore. Jennings was born in Acton, London, and studied art at the Lambeth School of Art, [[Glasgow School of Art]] and the [[Royal Academy of Arts]]. Jennings worked for the [[Government of India]] and also taught at the [[Calcutta School of Art]]. Most of Jennings's public commissions were in India. These include the statue of King Edward VII at Bangalore, Thackeray Memorial at [[Calcutta]], the Imperial Service Cavalry Brigade Memorial at [[Teen Murti Bhavan]] [[New Delhi]], statue of the [[Prince of Wales]] (later the [[Duke of Windsor]]) commissioned by the [[Aga Khan]] at [[Bombay]], marble bust of [[Nawab Abdul Latif]], C.I.E (1913–14) at [[Calcutta University]] Senate House, and a 10 ft statue of [[George V]] in coronation robes at [[Patna]].<ref name=Jennings>{{cite web|last1=University of Glasgow History of Art|title=Leonard Jennings OBE|url=http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1204578302|website=Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland|accessdate=12 January 2016|date=2022}}</ref>

==Inscriptions==
Inscription on the statue reads
{{Quotation|
{{center|
:EDWARD VII
:KING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
:AND
:EMPEROR OF INDIA
:1901–1910
:ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
:1914
}}}}

<gallery mode="packed" heights="220px" perrow="4">
File:Edward VII English, Bangalore.JPG|Edward VII English Inscription (Front)
File:Edward VII Left Kannada, Bangalore.JPG|Edward VII [[Kannada]] Inscription (Left)
File:Edward VII Right Tamil, Bangalore.JPG|Edward VII [[Tamil language|Tamil]] Inscription (Right)
File:Edward VII Back Urdu, Bangalore - Copy.JPG|Edward VII [[Urdu]] Inscription (Back)
</gallery>

Further, on the foot of the pedestal, another inscription says
{{Quotation|
{{center|
:UNVEILED BY
:HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
:FREDERICK JOHN NAPIER BARON CHELMSFORD
:VICEROY AND GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA
:P.C.G.M.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.M.I.E., O.B.E.
:ON THE 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1919
}}}}

<gallery widths="300px" heights="100" perrow="4">
File:Edward VII English Pedestal, Bangalore.JPG|Edward VII English Inscription (Front)
</gallery>

There are inscriptions in [[Kannada]] on the left, [[Tamil Language|Tamil]] on the right and [[Urdu]] on the back, both on the pedestal and the foot of the pedestal, which are translations of the English Inscriptions.

==Present Status==
The Statue of King Edward VII lies largely ignored and neglected as a result of the [[Namma Metro|Bangalore Metro]], and lies covered by layers of dirt and dust.<ref name=Rodricks />

The Horticulture Department, [[Government of Karnataka]] have asked for expert reports for restoration of the King Edward VII's Statue, along with the [[Statue of Queen Victoria, Bangalore|Statue of Queen Victoria]] and statue of [[Chamaraja Wodeyar IV]]. Further it suggested polishing the statue of Edward VII, and pruning of surrounding trees to make the statue more visible.<ref name=Sharadhaa>{{cite news|last1=Sharadhaa|first1=A|title=Book to Help Park Statue Restoration|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Book-to-Help-Park-Statue-Restoration/2014/04/24/article2185189.ece1|accessdate=12 January 2016|issue=Bangalore|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=24 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=TOI>{{cite news|title=5 statues in Cubbon Park set for facelift|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/5-statues-in-Cubbon-Park-set-for-facelift/articleshow/33922877.cms|accessdate=12 January 2016|agency=TNN|issue=Bangalore|work=The Times of India|date=19 April 2022}}</ref>

Since the 1960s, a group of political activists led by Vatal Nagaraj, (who is infamous for vandalising the cenotaph pillar which was raised in memory of the lives lost in the [[Siege of Bangalore|Siege of Bangalore, 1791]], opposite to the present Corporation Building, and [[Hudson Memorial Church, Bangalore|Hudson Memorial Church]]), has been demanding that the statue of [[Edward VII]], along with that of [[Queen Victoria]] and [[Mark Cubbon (army officer)|Mark Cubbon]] be removed. The Government had at one stage accepted these demands and agreed to remove the statues in 1977, but never implemented the decision. Further, historians, and heritage lovers of Banaglore City are enraged with these suggestions of destruction of history and have raised their opposition. Recently members of the '''Cubbon Park Walkers’ Association''' garlanded the statue of [[Mark Cubbon (army officer)|Mark Cubbon]] in open defiance of these demands.<ref name=Shyam>{{cite news|last1=Prasad S|first1=Shyam|title=Kannada activists want Victoria statue moved out|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Kannada-activists-want-Victoria-statue-moved-out/articleshow/33750446.cms|accessdate=11 January 2016|agency=Bangalore Mirror Bureau|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=15 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=garland>{{cite news|title=Cubbon garlanded in hush-hush ceremony in front of High Court|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/cover-story/Cubbon-garlanded-in-hush-hush-ceremony-in-front-of-High-Court/articleshow/22088724.cms|accessdate=5 February 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=24 August 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Statue of Queen Victoria, Bangalore]]
* [[Cubbon Park]]

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
{{commons category}}

[[Category:Edward VII]]
[[Category:Statues of monarchs|Edward VII]]
[[Category:Cantonments of British India]]
[[Category:Bangalore Civil and Military Station]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Bangalore]]
[[Category:History of Bangalore]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Edward VII]]

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